README.md

slacGene

SVG Large Annotated Circular Gene map drawing program

A simple, extensible, Perl script for producing figures of circular gene maps.

• Originally written to produce a custom figure of SNP coverage and large deletions in a study of human mitochondrial DNA (Fig. 3, )
• Because it is a single Perl script with no external dependencies, it is easy to run, and easy to further customize
• SVG is used because it is a scalable format allowing for very small representations of gene maps or highly magnified regions with unlimited resolution

Examples

See examples/ for a tutorial

SNPs and large deletions in mtDNA

Usage

Usage: slacGene.pl (options)

options:
    -f            force overwrite of output file (default: no overwrite)
    -h            show help
    -i file       input file (use '-' for STDIN)
    -o file       output file (default: STDOUT)

Dependencies

• Perl (https://www.perl.org/get.html)